Members of SAARC pledged to step up coordinated action against the common menace of terrorism, including steps to apprehend or extradite persons connected with acts of terrorism and facilitate real-time intelligence sharing. The meeting of the Interior Ministers of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation also resolved to step up cooperation in real time intelligence-sharing and to consider Pakistan's proposal for creation of SAARCPOL, an institution on the lines of Interpol. The ministerial statement on cooperation against terrorism adopted at the meeting said the SAARC member states has underscored their commitment to apprehend and prosecute or extradite persons connected, directly or indirectly, with the commissions of acts of terrorism.